PaperArtsy Gelli Print Accordion Mini Album

Hello friends!  Today we begin a new challenge at Mini Album Makers!  We are thrilled to have The Funkie Junkie Boutique as our sponsor this month and do hope that you'll play along in our challenge.  During quarantine I decided to make this fun and quirky little book from my mini gelli prints, focusing on one page at a time and enjoying each day.  I pulled together loads of my PaperArtsy stamps from flowers to minis to Zinis and tried to make a little village of joy.  Here are some panos so you get the full effect.

I used the Eileen Hull Mini Album die, which is 5" square and attached an accordion panel to the right inside.  I cut my gelli prints just smaller than each page and used loads of background stamping, watercolor and fussy cutting throughout.

I truly enjoyed working on this project and hope to inspire you to do something just for fun if you can.  Remember to join us with your handmade book for a chance to win a prize from The Funkie Junkie Boutique!  

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Eileen Hull Tiny Book and Tracy Evans Accordions

Hi friends!  Can you believe it's the first of May!  Happy May Day!  Today we begin a new challenge at Mini Album Makers with a special sponsor for this month, Eileen Hull.  Eileen has just released yet another mini album making die called Tiny Book and offered our team a chance to play with it.  I created a simple mini journal with some favorite stamps.

I used PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylics to paint my Tiny Book inside and out.  I painted some extra thick chipboard and tore the edges after stamping the beautiful Fritillaria stamp by Tracy Evans.  I used UTEE gold embossing powder around the edges for contrast.

I made a little insert of dyed paper with torn edges, all completely random.  I used Distress Oxide sprays and a lot of water to dye plain copy paper for this, then ironed it to dry.  I died some seam binding to coordinate and tucked it beneath my chipboard layer to make a closure.

Here's another book I made recently with more of Tracy's beautiful stamps by AALL & Create.  This one was inspired by one of Tracey's Facebook lives.

And finally, another book using the Eileen Hull Passport die.  I used the two covers without the spine to connect my accordion.  This book was directly inspired by my participation in Tracy's online accordion book workshop.  The most fun workshop I've ever done!  Make sure to follow her for more classes to come.

I've become completely addicted to Tracy's stamps!  You can see I've used loads and loads of them for these wee pages.

I truly hope these fun little books will inspire you to play along in our challenge at Mini Album Makers for a chance to win a $35 gift certificate to the Eileen Hull Etsy shop!  Good luck, Autumn

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Simon Says Stamp Monday: Not a Card

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: Anything Goes

Tim Holtz Hexagon Die Cut Mini Album

Hello!  I am sharing a fun and simple tutorial for you for our March challenge at Mini Album Makers.  I've been tinkering around with the thought of the first mini albums we all made years ago, chipboard cutouts that we simply covered with paper - and how to recreate those with my dies.  I really wanted to make another hexagon shaped book, so I used stacking hexagons dies and cut six panels from thin chipboard.

I wanted to use my beloved Patchwork and Patchwork Pieces stamps by Tim Holtz.  I used my stamp platform to very carefully align each stamping to the next to try and get a seamless repeat.  I did a repeat stamping using a variety of Distress Inks and Oxides (Dried Marigold, Rusty Hinge, Tea Dye DOX and Frayed Burlap) to get my "terracotta" colored panels.  I did the same to make the "moss green" I was looking for using Bundled Sage, Iced Spruce DOX and Frayed Burlap.  I shared the technique for this type of background stamping on YouTube HERE.

I used cut all of my stamped papers and elements with my stacked hexagon dies and layered them together as shown.  I mixed in a few patterns from Tim's Memoranda Paper Stash to offset the patterns a little.  The fun part was creating little vases to hold my "cactus" plants with Tim's Stacked Hexagon dies.

For my first "cactus" I used Tim's Large Stems die and watercolored them with the above mentioned inks.  I then cut the parts into three sections and layered as shown.  I used the small hexagon as a vase and shaded it on one side with more Frayed Burlap.

I bound my pages together with a ring and added a tassel.  I used all of my stamped elements to make the page collages, leaving spaces to tuck in black and white photos.

I used Tim's sticker sentiments throughout the album.

The next "cactus" was made from the Wildflower Stems 2 dies.  For this pot I sliced one of the hexagons in half and cut off a section of one half, then layered them together.  I love this terracotta potta y'all!  :)

I used a second cut from the Large Stems die to make another smaller succulent on the last page.

I covered the front and back of my little album with Ranger's Sticky Back Canvas.  I hope you've been inspired by this little boho terracotta & moss album.  We would love to see your creativity unleashed in our March Mini Album Makers Challenge.  Hugs, Autumn

Here's a different type of binding for a Hexagon Mini Album:

And other projects using Tim's Large Stems die:

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Creative Knockouts: Dies/Punches
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: Anything Goes
Retro Rubber: Anything Goes (Patchwork stamps about 5-8 years old)